COMMENTARY

Lesson 1: Jeremiah 1:4-10
The call of Jeremiah. Jeremiah's ministry covered 40 years, 626 to 586 B.C. He served at a time of international turmoil and the dissolution of his country, Judah, in 586 B.C. Assyria fell to the Babylonians and in due time the surrounding countries including Judah were conquered. Jeremiah received his call five years before the reforms of King Josiah of Judah in 621 B.C. Because of his critical preaching he was the most hated man by most of the people in Judah. The moral and spiritual corruption he preached against, was the cause of the coming downfall of Judah. He even went so far as to say it was God's will for Judah to surrender to the Babylonians. For this he was accused of treason and suffered much at the hands of the military and priesthood. Fo…